Fort Ord,
Monterey county
An Army platoon sergeant and an enlisted
medic have been placed under restriction here pending investigation
of reports they inexplicably injected sterile water into the
scrotums of three and possibly a dozen training recruits from
Hawaii.
The Army officially acknowledged yesterday
that a high-level inquiry is under way but declined to release
the names, either of the men under restriction or the trainees
who were so "treated."
Army spokesmen said at least three trainees
showed needle marks.
Colonel J. L. Bradley, post surgeon at
Ford Ord, said no medical complications resulted from what Army
spokesmen described as "improper immunization."
According to Army spokesmen, the episode
last week was witnessed  and promptly halted  by
a non-commissioned officer in the post infirmary who then reported
the incident.
The trainees are members of an "All
Hawaii" unit of 186 men, recruited in the islands and brought
to Ford Ord for training.